14th and 13th. Outside top 10 again with 12th on the day overall and a small lift to 11th overall in the championship on 78 points. However Cairoli is on 214 points!
14th and 13th. Outside top 10 again with 12th on the day overall and a small lift to 11th overall in the championship on 78 points. However Cairoli is on 214 points!
Originally Posted by Albert
Date: 16 May 2010
Press release:
Spanish MX GP mixed misfortunes for Coppins.
17000 spectators lined the spectacular Bellpuig hillside circuit in Spain this weekend to witness the 5th round of the FIM MX World championship series. Factory Aprilia Racer, Josh Coppins, experienced a weekend of mixed misfortunes but still managed to climb one position higher in the championship standings and now sits in 11th overall.
The New Zealander’s first moto did not get off to a good start as a first turn pile-up saw Lizzard at the bottom of the heap as the pack disappeared into the distance. He remounted and gave chase to the field putting in some strong consistant lap times and making good passes as he climbed the standings. Coppins was able to take advantage of a fallen Steve Ramon one corner from the chequered flag to secure 14th spot.
A much better start in race 2 had Coppins placed in the top ten. Carrying good lines and setting consistent lap times, ‘Lizzard’ looked set for a great result when technical gremlins effected his machine. Coppins nursed home a broken fuel pump to finish 13th for 12th overall.
“I’m a bit gutted about the second moto. “ admitted Coppins “The team and I have been working hard on putting two strong results together but it did not happen this weekend. We have improved our starts which has been an important goal as it is hard to come through the pack with such a strong field. Hopefully we’ll have these technical issues ironed out for the US GP. I’m looking for to racing in Glen Helen”.
Coppins will be afforded a week’s break before heading to Sacramento, California for round 6 on 29-30 May.
www.joshcoppins.com
Image: CDS
Race results:
MX1 Race 1
1 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
2 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
4 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
6 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
7 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
8 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
9 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
10 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
11 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
12 Lozano Rico, Alvaro ESP Yamaha
13 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
14 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
15 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
MX1 Race 2
1 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
2 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
3 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
4 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
6 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
7 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
9 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
10 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
11 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
12 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
13 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
14 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
15 Soubeyras, Cedric FRA KTM
MX1 GP Overall:
1 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 39
2 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 38
3 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 37
4 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 35
5 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 35
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 31
7 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 30
8 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 27
9 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 25
10 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 23
11 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 20
12 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 15
13 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 14
14 Lozano Rico, Alvaro ESP Yamaha 14
15 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki 12
MX1 World championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 214
2 Nagl, M. GER 198
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 171
4 Desalle, C. BEL 158
5 de Dycker, Ken BEL 145
6 Ramon, Steve BEL 144
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 136
8 Leok, Tanel EST 135
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 106
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 84
11 Coppins, J. NZL 78
12 Pourcel, S. FRA 75
13 Strijbos, K. BEL 70
14 Swanepoel, G. RSA 67
15 Boissiere, A. FRA 62
It's OK to disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.
Round 6 Gt Britian this weekend at Chepstow
EDIT:
Oops.... Glen Helen USA!
Originally Posted by Albert
This should be interesting!
Originally Posted by youthstream
Originally Posted by Albert
More than interesting should be freckin good!
It will be really interesting seeing how quick he is comparing his running second in that race in the AMA to where he might finish amongst this set of riders!
Bloody hell I can't wait for the torrent!
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
Townley 8th in practice and Coppins 24th.
Originally Posted by Albert
Townely qualified 2nd and Josh 12th.
Originally Posted by Albert
wow great effort by both
Moto 1: Josh DNF (9 laps), Ben DNF (8 laps)
Moto 2: Josh 9th, Ben 1st.
Vets; moto 1 DK 2nd, Moto 2 DK 2nd
Originally Posted by Albert
Holy shit!!
Well I guess that answers my question on where the AMA riders rank against the world champ MX1 riders! Go Ben Townley!!!
Looks like he blew the Ktm's away LOL!!
And DK well all I can say is respect to him there is nothing that proves how good you are than actual results, still 2nd in the world, thats pretty awesome I reckon!
Can someone copy and paste the results?
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
[QUOTE=Reckless;1129769201 Can someone copy and paste the results?[/QUOTE]
Check out:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1129769214
It's OK to disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.
yeh Two threads but only the Vets results there. I found them he won the second moto by 7 secs!! Bloody good to see a kiwi name ahead of all those other famous names aye!!! yeeebooooy you go for it! Damn pity he wasn't there from the start aye! Thats not a factory ride he's on either is it?? Freckin good stuff!
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
1 June 2010
Mixed weekend for Coppins in USGP
As the sole factory Aprilia entry, Josh Coppins headed off to Glen Helen Raceway in the USA this past weekend to take part in the impressive USGP.
High winds caused for the usual Saturday ‘free’ practice to be cancelled, but by mid day the winds had settled enough to get the program underway. Josh quickly got to grips with the new circuit and posted 12th place in the qualifying race.
In the first moto on Sunday Coppins suffered a bent radiator when a mistake in the opening laps took him down. With high temperatures the lack of engine cooling left ‘Lizzard’ with no option but to retire from the race.
Looking to salvage vital points for the weekend Coppins was quick out the gates in moto 2 and rounded out the opening lap just outside the top 10. Racing hard throughout ‘Lizzard’ put on an impressive charge ending the 35 minute and 2 lap race in 9th position.
‘Not finishing the first moto was a real shame because I felt good on the bike. That showed in the 2nd race and I was pumped to get a good result in that. The team had to change the whole engine between the heats, so we were pushed on time, but they did a good job in the end. The development of this bike is a huge task but we continue to improve every week so that is promising.” Commented Coppins.
Moto 1
1 CAIROLI, Antonio
2 ALESSI, Mike
3 NAGL, Maximilian
4 DE DYCKER, Ken
5 DESALLE, Clement
6 BOOG, Xavier
7 RAMON, Steve
8 GUARNERI, Davide
9 LANGSTON, Grant
10 CHISOLM, Kyle
11 PHILIPPAERTS, David
12 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny
13 STRIJBOS, Kevin
14 SWANEPOEL, Gareth
Moto 2
1 TOWNLEY, Ben
2 DESALLE, Clement
3 CAIROLI, Antonio
4 ALESSI, Mike
5 BOOG, Xavier
6 RAMON, Steve
7 GUARNERI, Davide
8 BOISSIERE, Anthony
9 COPPINS, Joshua
10 DE DYCKER, Ken
11 GONCALVES, Rui
12 CHISOLM, Kyle
13 STRIJBOS, Kevin
14 AUBIN, Nicolas
15 WALKNER, Matthias
16 SOUBEYRAS, Cedric
17 GARRISON, Bobby
18 PHILIPPAERTS, David
GP Overall
1 CAIROLI, Antonio 25 20 45
2 ALESSI, Mike 22 18 40
3 DESALLE, Clement 16 22 38
4 BOOG, Xavier 15 16 31
5 RAMON, Steve 14 15 29
6 DE DYCKER, Ken 18 11 29
7 GUARNERI, Davide 13 14 27
8 TOWNLEY, Ben - 25 25
9 CHISOLM, Kyle 11 9 20
10 NAGL, Maximilian 20 - 20
11 STRIJBOS, Kevin 8 8 16
12 GONCALVES, Rui 5 10 15
13 BOISSIERE, Anthony - 13 13
14 AUBIN, Nicolas 6 7 13
15 PHILIPPAERTS, David 10 3 13
16 COPPINS, Joshua - 12 12
World Championship Standings
1 CAIROLI, Antonio 259
2 NAGL, Maximilian 218
3 DESALLE, Clement 196
4 PHILIPPAERTS, David 184
5 DE DYCKER, Ken 174
6 RAMON, Steve 173
7 BOOG, Xavier 167
8 LEOK, Tanel 135
9 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny 115
10 GUARNERI, Davide 111
11 COPPINS, Joshua 90
12 STRIJBOS, Kevin 86
13 POURCEL, Sebastien 75
14 BOISSIERE, Anthony 75
15 SWANEPOEL, Gareth 74
It's OK to disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.
On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
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